Air Mail – News From Wings of the North

We are proud to announce our new web design! We have made the site into a lean, clean, flying machine that celebrates these four loves-• Love of Education - we exist to teach others about the heroism and sacrifices of our elders.• Love of Industry - rebuilding,...

Congratulations to the WOTN Sweepstakes Grand Prize Winner, who selected the WOTN Cessna 150  and flies it to its new home.

June 24, 1923 - October 16, 2020Richard “Dick’ Kaminski Age 97, of Richfield. Proudly served in WWII as a B17 Waist Gunner, flying missions over Europe with the 8th Air Force in England in the 457th Bomb Wing. Dick served in Glatten, England and flew 15 missions; the...

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped move and setup the flyer at the museum. The Wings of the North Air Museum now has on display a full scale replica of the Wright Flyer! The original Flyer was flown four times by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903,...

N69987 as it appeared in 1954-1955 from a quick scan of an original negative. Ed Pachnik's wife Shirley (left), his sister Helen Gaulke, and his sons Randy and Jim in the cockpits of N69987 circa 1954-1955. The Wings of the North BT-15 is reaching the completion of...

A new display was installed in the gallery over the last weekend. It’s a 1/4 scale Ryan Broughm B-5 uncovered airplane frame. The model was donated to the museum by Michael Wallman and was hand made by his father. The Ryan Brougham was a small single-engine...

Greg Kaminski, our resident BT-15 Guru, provided a very interesting talk about our team’s restoration project. The BT stands for Basic Trainer used during World War II as the aircraft in between the Stearman biplane (PT-17, PT-13 or N2S) and the Advanced Trainer (AT-6...

The Wings of the North Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jack Larsen as President of Wings of the North organization. In this capacity Jack will be responsible for the overall organization and will report to the Board of Directors. As...

Wings of the North has started a YouTube channel! If you're looking for some interesting videos of what is going on around the museum or the restoration hangar, head over to our newly created YouTube channel and check it out. If you push the subscribe button in the...

The Beechcraft SNB-1 "Kansan" is a Navy version of the venerable Army AT-11 "Kanasan". During World War II, the Kansan was used extensively as a bombardier/navigator trainer and gunnery trainer. While more than 1500 AT-11's were built for the Army, only 110 SNB-1's...

A new display is under construction in our hangar. It will be a diorama of a forward airfield control tower featuring our actual WWII vacuum tube and crystal field radios currently on display in the WOTN Gallery.

The museum recently acquired a US Marine Corps Mess Dress uniform that belonged to Henry "Hank" Bourgeois. Hank was a decorated F4U Corsair pilot with VMF-214 in World War II. VMF-214 was known by the name "Black Sheep Squadron" and was led by the colorful Gregory...

AirExpo planning is underway and it is shaping up to be better than ever with the return of the B-17G Flying Fortress Yankee Lady to the show. AirExpo tickets are now available on Ticket Leap (airexpo.ticketleap.com). For a limited time, they are 50% off the regular...

Wings of the North is forming a new committee to organize and operate our Museum. If you are interested in helping our museum succeed please attend the first meeting on Thursday, September 13 6:30pm WOTN Training Room Subsequent meetings will be on the second Thursday...